FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Army Pfc. Corey T. Lavertue has returned to the United States after being deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The servicemember is regularly assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Lavertue, a rifleman, is the son of Deborah A. Valmon Downs of Pineland Park Road, Milton, N.H.

The private is a 2003 graduate of Nute High School, Milton.

LAWTON, Ok. —Army Pvt. Harley M. Alexander has graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. He is the son of Dana L. Alexander of Washington Street, Exeter. Alexander is a 2009 graduate of Exeter High School.